The Perils of the Bargain Hunting Mama

[catelin]

I am sitting here listening to a Shostakovich LP on my absolutely beautiful vintage console hi-fi stereo that I found today for thirty dollars!! I'm in heaven, but now in a mild panic about how I'm going to find the parts to keep this baby running. Anyone know anything about these old things? It's a General Electric. I opened up the back of it and it has tubes, but it's only a turntable...no radio. There was no model name on it, just the brand name. I'm not even sure how old it is. If I had to guess I'd say it's from the late fifties/early sixties, but that's just judging from the outside and not the innards. It's in great shape and works perfectly, but I figure it's only a matter of time before I need a replacement needle for the turntable or (worse!) tubes. Any advice or friendly pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Comments

[kalliope.livejournal.com]

I'm going through the same issue Cate. Matt and I picked up a vintage record player at a yard sale this weekend for a dollar. Couldn't resist. It's all tubes and the needle is missing so we need to do some repair work on it. I was gonna guess ebay maybe as a good place to start...but Radio Shack tends to be pretty good at finding those odd parts too.

It's gorgeous tho.

[catelin.livejournal.com]

I love yard sales! I'll send you links, info as I come across it and maybe it will be useful to you too.